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But Olathe isn’t the Kansas City area’s only crown jewel beach town, according to WalletHub. Lee’s Summit comes in at No. 59 — possibly for the sandy expanses along Lake Jacomo.

If the ranking leaves some readers scratching their heads, city officials in Olathe were quick to seize on the good publicity, posting the WalletHub study on the city’s official Facebook page.

“Coming in ahead of Miami Beach, FL and Newport Beach, CA is OLATHE,” the post reads. “Named the 20th Best Beach Town to Live In the U.S.! WalletHub must be as excited as we are for the future of Lake Olathe!”

The post links to the city’s plans for future renovations at Lake Olathe, a small body of water in west Olathe, near Santa Fe Street and Lakeshore Drive. It is unclear if WalletHub factored into its study the city’s plans, which call for improvements to fishing and camping facilities in the park along the lake.

The methodology used in the study — which apparently led to cities in Alaska and Ohio also being named — includes measures of affordability, safety and education.

Lake Olathe is an artificial lake — created in the 1950s by damming Cedar Creek. Today, it is a 170-acre lake surrounded by a 208-acre community park.

The lake offers a boat ramp, two fishing docks and small patches of grass and sand along the side, but nothing near to a sunny coastline. There’s not much room to lay a beach towel down and catch a tan, but hey, there is disc golf in the surrounding park.

Perhaps the city’s planned addition of a new sand volleyball court will push Olathe higher up in WalletHub’s rankings next year.